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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="/~d/styles/rss2enclosuresfull.xsl"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/itemcontent.css"?><rss xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><title>afghanhands</title><link>http://matin.typepad.com/afghanhands/</link><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:03:01 PST</lastBuildDate><generator>TypePad http://www.typepad.com/</generator><description></description><media:copyright>copyright 2006 anina.net</media:copyright><media:thumbnail url="http://anina.typepad.com/circular.png" /><media:keywords>360fashion,,fashion,,anina,net,,non,profit,,afghanistan,,hand,crafts,,needlework</media:keywords><media:category scheme="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd">Technology/Tech News</media:category><itunes:owner><itunes:email>360Fashion</itunes:email><itunes:name>matin &amp; women</itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author>matin &amp; women</itunes:author><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="http://anina.typepad.com/circular.png" /><itunes:keywords>360fashion,,fashion,,anina,net,,non,profit,,afghanistan,,hand,crafts,,needlework</itunes:keywords><itunes:subtitle>afghan hands is a non profit organization created by matin maulawizada, a makeup artist in new york. the organization goes to afghanistan to support women who are working with needlework, to sell their work in new york, and build a shcool to teach them to</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary>afghan hands is a non profit organization created by matin maulawizada, a makeup artist in new york. the organization goes to afghanistan to support women who are working with needlework, to sell their work in new york, and build a shcool to teach them to read and write.</itunes:summary><itunes:category text="Technology"><itunes:category text="Tech News" /></itunes:category><image><link>www.360fashion.net</link><url>http://anina.typepad.com/circular.png</url><title>360Fashion</title></image><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/afghanhands" type="application/rss+xml" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com" /><item><title>BBC WORLD CHALLENGE VOTE IS OVER!</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/afghanhands/~3/TkW4GkrBm3c/bbc-world-challenge-vote-is-over.html</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">360Fashion (matin &amp; women)</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:19:06 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834a75edc53ef0120a69ba1ee970b</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px; "><p style="margin-top: 6px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 0.8em; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, Helvetica, verdana, sans-serif; color: #24364a; line-height: 1.2em; background-position: initial initial; "><strong>WE CAME IN 7TH PLACE. I AM DISAPPOINTED BUT I GUESS WE&#39;LL HAVE TO ACCEPT IT.&#0160;</strong></p><p style="margin-top: 6px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 0.8em; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, Helvetica, verdana, sans-serif; color: #24364a; line-height: 1.2em; background-position: initial initial; "><strong>THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO VOTED FOR US.</strong></p><p style="margin-top: 6px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 0.8em; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, Helvetica, verdana, sans-serif; color: #24364a; line-height: 1.2em; background-position: initial initial; "><strong>MIKE</strong></p><p style="margin-top: 6px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 0.8em; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, Helvetica, verdana, sans-serif; color: #24364a; line-height: 1.2em; background-position: initial initial; "><strong><br /></strong></p><p style="margin-top: 6px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 0.8em; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; font-family: &#39;Trebuchet MS&#39;, Helvetica, verdana, sans-serif; color: #24364a; line-height: 1.2em; background-position: initial initial; "><strong><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Dear World Challenge Finalists,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p>&#0160;</o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">After a record breaking response from audiences around the world, the voting phase of the World Challenge 09 is now closed. Over 120 thousand votes were received and I am happy to announce this year’s top three finalists.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p>&#0160;</o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">In alphabetical order they are:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p>&#0160;</o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 36pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family: Symbol; "><span>·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; ">&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;</span></span></span>A Bright Idea (Safe Bottle Lamp Project) – from Sri Lanka<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 36pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family: Symbol; "><span>·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; ">&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;</span></span></span>Love n’ Haiti (South-South Cooperation Project) – from Haiti<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 36pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family: Symbol; "><span>·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; ">&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;</span></span></span>Nothing Wasted (Danamon Go Green, Danamon Peduli Foundation) – from Indonesia</p></span></strong></p><span style="font-family: Times; "><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"></p><p></p><p></p></span></span><p></p><p></p></div>
]]></content:encoded><description>WE CAME IN 7TH PLACE. I AM DISAPPOINTED BUT I GUESS WE'LL HAVE TO ACCEPT IT. THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO VOTED FOR US. MIKE Dear World Challenge Finalists, After a record breaking response from audiences around the world, the voting...</description><feedburner:origLink>http://matin.typepad.com/afghanhands/2009/11/bbc-world-challenge-vote-is-over.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>How much can a nation endures?</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/afghanhands/~3/e4gOhtAjkr8/how-much-can-a-nation-endures.html</link><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">360Fashion (matin &amp; women)</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:31:22 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834a75edc53ef0120a615713a970b</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Today the news had the 6.4 earthquake which in a place like Afghanistan means total destruction of mud brick houses and God knows what kind of casualties in terms of human life. Days like this really tests my faith in the whole universe and it's God.  What have we done as a nation to deserve blow after blow. It doesn't get poorer, sicker, more devistated than it gets in Afghanistan. Is God even watching what is going on in this world??<br>
Please take a moment and reason withe whichever God you pray to, to just stop this punishment of an innocent mass of people in Afghanistan and only take it out on those that are corrupt and are benefiting in human misery.  <br>
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Voting is still open for the BBC World Challenge 09. <br>
Please vote and let everyone know why you think Afghan women deserve an education!!!<br>
Love and peace <br>
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